Shannon Davis

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Shannon, writes, edits and produces Semiconductor Digest’s news articles, email newsletters, blogs, webcasts, and social media posts. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Huntington University in Huntington, IN. In addition to her years of freelance business reporting, Shannon has also worked in marketing and public relations in the renewable energy and healthcare industries.

Intel’s New Chip to Advance Silicon Spin Qubit Research for Quantum Computing

Intel makes new quantum chip available to university and federal research labs to grow the quantum computing research community.

Purdue University in Indianapolis: Launching Purdue’s First Comprehensive Urban Campus and Forming America’s Hard Tech Corridor

On June 14, 2023, Purdue University trustees and Indiana University trustees simultaneously approved the agreements that will effectively dissolve IUPUI on June 30, 2024, completing a process that started in August 2022.

Rigaku Semiconductor Forum 2023 to Address Challenges in the Semiconductor Industry

Rigaku will be hosting the inaugural Rigaku Semiconductor Forum, a free hybrid event that will be held from June 20-21, 2023 in Frankfurt, Germany and online.

Following All-Time Highs of 2022, Semiconductor Quartz Equipment Components Expected to be Down in 2023

TECHCET announced it expects a slight downturn in the Quartz components market, following an all-time high in 2022.

ABLIC Acquired Samurai Semiconductor Corporation

ABLIC Inc. announced that the Company completed the Acquisition of Shares of Samurai Semiconductor Corporation, a semiconductor design company with advanced knowledge and cutting-edge technology, on April 25, 2023.

Cadence and Samsung Foundry Enter Multi-Year Agreement to Expand Design IP Portfolio

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced ​​that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Samsung Foundry to expand the availability of Cadence’s design IP portfolio on Samsung Foundry’s SF5A process technology, the latest 5nm process variant to support automotive applications.

A Silicon Photonic Modulator Supporting the 800G Standard for High-Speed Data Transmission

In wireless communication, G stands for “generation” as in 4G, 5G, 6G. When it comes to data rate in optical communications though, “G” stands for gigabits per second (Gbps), and the progression doubles, as in 100G, 200G, 400G and 800G.

Samsung Electronics Powers Enhanced Customer Development Support with Expanded SAFE Program

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced an expansion of its foundry ecosystem to offer a broader Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio for next-generation semiconductor design and production.

Toshiba Digital Solutions and Classiq to Collaborate on Gate-based Quantum Computing

Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation and Classiq Technologies Ltd. signed a technology collaboration agreement in the gate-based quantum computing.

Synopsys and Samsung Collaborate to Deliver Broad IP Portfolio Across All Advanced Samsung Foundry Processes

Synopsys, Inc. today announced an expanded agreement with Samsung Foundry to develop a broad portfolio of IP to reduce design risk and accelerate silicon success for automotive, mobile, high-performance computing (HPC) and multi-die designs.